Pub Crawlin'

The first official Northeast Minneapolis Pub Crawl commenced on Saturday, August 16th. With friend Joy and her hubby Phil (and about 20 other assorted friends & relatives), we conquered 8 bars in Northeast Minneapolis from 6pm - 2am. Dear. God. Every hour on the hour, we were at a different bar. Prizes were awarded, Mardi-Gras style beads showered upon unsuspecting locals, and just general craziness reigned.

Spring Street Tavern, stop #1. Five dollar pitchers of Premium went down real nice, along with a quick sandwich to get the body ready for the rest of the drinking that was to happen. Here's Erin, already a happy camper:

The Moose, stop #2. Across the street, where they were offering twenty-five cent taps all during the first quarter of the Vikings game. Big Buck Hunter was played, beer consumed, and a "buck teeth" portrait taken. Oh, and I won a ring pop - delicious.

The Vegas Lounge, stop #3. Here's where it got crazy. Allison, a coworker/friend of Joy's, found a 50th birthday party hat and decided to wear it. Well, the drunk crazies out on the patio thought it really was her birthday, and decided to give her lap dances. Now, if they had been remotely attractive, this may have been okay. But...well, see the photo. UGH. Poor Allison.

U Otter Stop Inn, stop #4. Fun times abounded. Karaoke, shots, and a lot of high-fiving. Todd rocked out some Ratt or some such thing, Joy & I gave out even more prizes (Erin won the U Otter Stop Inn undies!). We were all pretty loaded when we left this one - there was some stumbling behavior on the walk to...

The Bulldog, stop #5. Here I partook (partaked?) in a little shuffleboard. How much fun is this game!? Holy crap, and Allison & I won, which was even better. The rest of this bar is a bit fuzzy. I think I started looking for water around this time.

Whitey's, stop #6. We encountered a bachelorette party here, who promptly ate the candy necklace right off Scottie (who didn't protest), and more drinking commenced. The place was fairly empty, so we were as obnoxious as we wanted to be and no one really cared! Good times.

Keegan's, stop #7. Again, pretty empty, we made our presence known. Darts, Mrs. Pac-Man, and the arrival of Kokkinen all stand out in my mind. We lost a few after this bar...apparently they went back to a certain person's apartment for a make-out session (no names, you know who you are).

Nye's, stop #8. We ended the night at Nye's. Joy awarded the grand prizes to the best drinkers of the night...a huge 64 oz flask for the best guy drinker, and a "I Love Beer" t-shirt for the best girl. I poured myself into a cab at this point, but I understand those who stayed later also made a final stop...

At White Castle.